different between dour vs phlegmatic
dour
English
Etymology
From Scots dour, from Latin d?rus (“hard, stern”), possibly via Middle Irish dúr.Compare French dur, Catalan dur, Italian duro, Portuguese duro, Romanian dur, Spanish duro. Doublet of dure.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??/, /?da??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??/, /?da??/, /?da?.?/
- Rhymes: -a??(?), -??(?)
- Homophones: Daur, doer, door, dower (depending on speaker)
Adjective
dour (comparative dourer or more dour, superlative dourest or most dour)
- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullen, gloomy
Synonyms
- (stern, harsh): forbidding, harsh, severe, stern
- (unyielding): obstinate, stubborn, unyielding
- (expressing gloom): dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen
Derived terms
- dourly
- dourness
Translations
Anagrams
- doru, ordu
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *du?r, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ub?rós (“deep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?du?r/
Noun
dour m (plural dourioù or doureier)
- water
- (by extension) rain, tears, sweat, saliva
Mutation
Scots
Etymology
From Middle Irish dúr, from Latin d?rus (“hard”).
Adjective
dour
- stern, severe, relentless, dour
References
- “dour” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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phlegmatic
English
Alternative forms
- phlegmatick
- phlegmaticke
- phlegmatique
Etymology
From Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (phlegmatikós), from ?????? (phlégma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fl???mæt?k/
- Rhymes: -æt?k
Adjective
phlegmatic (comparative more phlegmatic, superlative most phlegmatic)
- Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
- 2013, A.O. Scott, “How It Looks to Think: Watch Her,” Rev. of Hannah Arendt, dir. by Margarethe von Trotta, New York Times 29 May 2013: C1. Print.
- Their friendship (immortalized in a splendid volume of letters that has clearly served as one of Ms. von Trotta's sources) is a fascinating study in cultural and temperamental contrast, an impulsive and witty American paired with a steady, phlegmatic German.
- 2013, A.O. Scott, “How It Looks to Think: Watch Her,” Rev. of Hannah Arendt, dir. by Margarethe von Trotta, New York Times 29 May 2013: C1. Print.
- (archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
- Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Synonyms
- (calm and reasonable, tending not to get upset): apathetic, sluggish, cold-blooded, unflappable, stoic
- See also Thesaurus:calm
Coordinate terms
- choleric
- melancholic
- sanguine
Related terms
- phlegm
- phlegmatically
Translations
Noun
phlegmatic (plural phlegmatics)
- One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
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